Sennheiser Professional E 945 Dynamic Super-Cardioid Vocal Microphone

Such a great value for the money. Pro vocalist and vocal coach here telling you that this is a great mic and you will not be disappointed. I have toured and rehearsed and played gigs with this Mic for over 20 years now. Feels great in your hand and sounds great. My original one from over 20 years ago still works fine. Only when i had another piece of gear fail me right before a show, did i think to myself, you know what, let me get another one of these as a backup. So i bought the same one recently as a backup just in case. I wouldn't want to be at a gig and have my old mic die on me and have the sound guy give me some piece of amatuer level garbage like an SM 58 or something similarly crappy.

Simply the best mic you can buy. Way better than the Shure SM58 and 57

Love Sennheiser mics. Nice upgrade from the 935s which I’ve used forever. Found that this model is more feedback resistant. Vocal output is clean excellent presence. Will probably purchase another in the future.

I got this as a birthday gift to my boyfriend. He's a professional black metal musician and he loves it.

I have not heard a better sounding handheld, dynamic microphone. I have heard several that may sound just as good, some of which are much less expensive, but I can't say I've heard a better sounding one. The biggest drawback I see with this microphone is it seems to have a stronger tendency to feedback than any other I've tried. I evaluated both feedback from the side and back and made a subjective evaluation of this and the polar pattern, and my perception tells me the e945 has a fairly broad pattern for a supercardioid, about the same as what many cardioid mics like the SM58 have. Although the e945 has significantly more gain than a SM58, it still tended to be more likely to produce feedback from the side even when the additional gain was compensated for in comparison. It could be a great microphone where feedback is not a concern, or very likely, such as for recording or when the mic and monitors are in fixed locations and all precaution has been taken to avoid feedback. Comparing it to other dynamic vocal mics, I appreciate the e945 as quite possibly the best of them. I felt it was better than the Telefunken M80, the Beyerdynamic TG-V70D, and several Audix models, as well as the SM58. However, I am a lot more doubtful the e945 has anything worth the much greater price. Comparing careful recordings using studio-quality headphones, I could just barely perceive a difference in sound qualities compared to good microphones costing 1/3rd the price. I wasn't really able to identify anything that would convince me it is certainly worth three times as much money as an alternative. Many of the differences I did perceive could have been due to small changes in the gain, distance and proximity effect that I couldn't perfectly compensate for. I have a lot of long-term experience with Sennheiser microphones, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them in general. You won't go wrong with this high-end microphone unless you have high stage volumes and feedback is a major concern, in which case you would be better off with a much tighter pattern. Everything else I can think of is mostly subjective, and based on my testing, mostly in your head. I think people believe one mic sounds better than another simply because they heard it with more gain, or with the amount of their preference of proximity effect. I compared several mics without EQ or other processing, but when you add the EQ and compression that is typical in live sound environments, and consider that the PA and the room probably have anything but a flat response, the sound of a mic is going to be totally different. Ideally, you might compare them in the venue where they're to be used, but if that's constantly changing, then what really makes one mic better than another? Some are more dependable than others, but one certainly doesn't need to spend over two hundred dollars to get a reliable mic.

Great mic! I am a stage singer in a rock band, with a wide range, and I like everything from the quiet breaths to the high belting to sound like I do in the shower. 🚿 I was using the Shure MS58 and was not aware of what it lacked until my drummer 🥁offered me his mic to use. Wow!! What a difference! I had to have one of my own, immediately. Beautiful! Crisp! Clean! 🏵️ Bear in mind, it is super cardioid, so be sure to have this right near your mouth and don’t stray from the path. Any offset of your aim and it may not pick up your voice as well as it could if you stay in line with the head of the mic. Background noise is little to none. Fantastic for a loud atmosphere. And durable as they get. Definitely worth every penny and then some!🥇

Fantastic mic!

Best microphone I've ever owned. I've sung with the Electrovoice PL88L for 30 years, then the Shure 58, 58Beta, and now this... it's like glass.

I've been using the e945 for about six months now. I was previously using an SM58 Beta but found it wasn't cutting through as much as I wanted. Some background: I'm the lead singer in an indie/rock covers band. I'm singing over roughly three octaves as we cover a wide range of material. I'd been using the SM58 Beta very successfully until this band when I decided I needed something slightly different, particularly to pick up some of the lower melodies. The e945 has proven to be very successful both live and in rehearsal. It picks up all frequencies brilliantly and, as I've said before, does brilliantly on the lower end of my range where I'm not as powerful. Mic control is much easier and this is more forgiving than Shure mics for when you're caught in the moment and forget exactly where you're supposed to be! We play live a lot and it was important that this mic was rugged; no worries there. It's had a lot of use in the last six months and is still in perfect condition. This is an incredibly versatile microphone and is a definite alternative for Shure. I've since used it for acoustic music as well and found that it's easier to achieve the tone I want. Lovely.

Excelente sonido. Materiales de alta calidad, lo recomiendo.

oltre le aspettative, suono preciso e buono sotto i punti di vista. Ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo

O microfone é EXCEPCIONAL. Sem dúvidas é uma excelente aquisição. Fiz todos os testes para analisar se realmente é original, e ele é. O único problema foi a forma como o vendedor embalou o pedido. Como ele apenas enrolou a caixa em papel, o produto ficou sem proteção no transporte e chegou amassado. Isso não afetou a integridade do microfone, mas poderia ter acontecido! Enfim, nota 10 para o microfone. Para o vendedor, nem tanto rs.

Puissant, léger. Fait le taf. Très bon rapport qualité/prix